Line-up announce for Radio 1's Big Weekend

Radio 1 have announced the full line up for the Radio 1’s big weekend being held at Powderham Castle in May.

Fifty thousand free tickets were on offer for the 2 day Event at Powderham Castle on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 May. The tickets were snapped up in around an hour on 4th April.

For this year’s event, more Big Weekend tickets than ever were made available for people living in Exeter, Teignbridge and the surrounding areas. Of the geographically weighted tickets, 60 per cent were reserved for residents living within the area covered by Exeter City and Teignbridge District Councils combined; 35 per cent were reserved for people living in the surrounding parts of the South West, which includes those with other Exeter (EX) and Torquay (TQ) postcodes, plus those with Truro (TR), Plymouth (PL), Taunton (TA) and Dorchester (DT) codes; while the remaining five per cent of tickets were for other audiences across the UK.

Neil Wyatt, Head of Live Music and Events for BBC Popular Music, says: “We’re incredibly excited to be bringing Radio 1’s Big Weekend to Devon, and this year we’ve been able to give away a higher proportion of tickets than ever before to people living close to the event. The Big Weekend is always one of the highlights of the UK festival season, and this year is shaping up to be one of the best ever – we’ve got a great line-up, a beautiful site and more young people attending from the host region than ever.”

So you got tickets? This is who you will be seeing…

Saturday 28th May:Main Stage:

Bastille

Chase & Status

Jake Bugg

Jess Glyne

Nick Jonas

Meghan Trainor

Mumford & Sons

Sigma

Tom Odell

In New Music We Trust:

Bring me the Horizon

CHVRCHES

Craig David

Fwtty Wap

Flume

Stormzy

Tame Impala

twenty one pilots

Sunday 29th May Main Stage:

Catfish and the bottlemen

Coldplay

Ellie Goulding

Iggy Azalea

Kygo

OneRepublic

The 1975

The Weeknd

Years & Years

In New Music We Trust:

Alessia Cara

Alesso

Biffy Clyro

Jack Garratt

Panic! at the Disco

Skepta

The Last Shadow Puppets

Wolf Alice

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